His pretension to the crown. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
So long as this pretension is maintained, with a firm reliance on that. From Wordnik.com. [The Civil War in America] Reference
As an engineer my tolerance for pretension is generally lower that that of the academics!. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Mister Litlove « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Pete was the truth-teller; he called pretension when he saw it and praised effort above everything. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
We're supposed to pretend that this embarrassing pretension is somehow normal, or worse, a statement of some sort. From Wordnik.com. [Oil and water (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
The almost complete lack of pretension is wonderful, though you can certainly find a bit of that in the gated communities. From Wordnik.com. [Moving to Matzatlan in 1 yr] Reference
Republic, had made itself the champion: that is, the pretension of the. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
Sam has as little use for untitled pretension of the foreign sort as have our moneyed belles of the shoddy variety. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,] Reference
Look up 'pretension' and 'pomposity'. ahad ha'amoratsim. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Though I know such "pretension" would give B.R. Myers fits. From Wordnik.com. ["If there really was a God here, he'd have raised a hand by now."] Reference
Niebuhr often uses the word "pretension" to describe a particularly undesirable state of mind for a powerful state. From Wordnik.com. [What You Can Learn from Reinhold Niebuhr] Reference
What the pretension is that is excluded. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Robert is quite vexed at your 'pretension' about having friends not good enough for his acquaintance. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II] Reference
There was nothing he disliked more than the kind of pretension which tries to make a knowledge of art a vehicle for self-importance. From Wordnik.com. [Cambridge Sketches] Reference
'pretension' about having friends not good enough for his acquaintance. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
"pretension" in this modest and carefully guarded avowal of the simple aim of my book. From Wordnik.com. [A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel] Reference
But that pretension only dragged him into the morass. From Wordnik.com. [David Frey: So Much for 'Landslide McInnis'] Reference
Certainly, there's a hint of pretension in the venture. From Wordnik.com. [Irreverent? Or Just Boorish?] Reference
A more arrogant pretension it would be difficult to conceive. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
We laughed at the pretension and the money and the insecurity. From Wordnik.com. [Oh Portland.] Reference
Chicago must have one of the lowest pretension rates in the nation. From Wordnik.com. [A Secret Good Place] Reference
Executive pretension went beyond all bounds of Congressional endurance. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Not so very long ago, Hollywood was a place where pretension was outlawed. From Wordnik.com. [Cut! And That's A Wrap!] Reference
I have no patience with people who lie, with pretension, with real meanness. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
"I like the environment, I just don't like the pretension," Pretsfelder said. From Wordnik.com. [Lynne Rosenthal, Starbucks Protester, Vows To Never Go To 'Fascist' Chain Again] Reference
The author's style is described as very unsatisfactory, though full of pretension. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
He resents, we are told upon democratic authority, all pretension to special knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
The absence of pride and pretension has improved their good nature and their affability. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
It's not pretension, its not, you know, it's just everything I respect and love and admire. From Wordnik.com. [Actors Retreat To Shakespearean Haven] Reference
Precisely because he was not vain and had no pretension to beauty, he had escaped the photograph mania. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
As a satirist, his targets were pretension and the hypocrisy beneath the polished and powdered surface of city life. From Wordnik.com. [Two Views Of London] Reference
But if the Dead blew minds with their mercurial inventiveness, they won hearts with their warmth and lack of pretension. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem For The Dead] Reference
Best, perhaps, is how fun and alive (and yes, Youth-ful) this crew of 50-somethings manages to sound, and how free of pretension. From Wordnik.com. [Fringe Benefits] Reference
With characteristic lack of pretension, he has said of his music, I like stuff that rocks the house, and if it's original, then great. From Wordnik.com. [String Theory: Reviewing 'Party Intellectuals'] Reference
The report described Mr. Zenawi's regime as one masquerading in "a veneer of democratic pretension hiding a repressive state apparatus.". From Wordnik.com. [Alemayehu G. Mariam: Open Letter to President Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University] Reference
The domain of Reuilly consisted of two farms and of a house of some pretension, inhabited formerly by the maternal family of M. de Camors. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Without pretension, I believe we could be a nice little gardener who takes care of the garden, and hopefully our neighbor will do the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Merchant Of Happiness] Reference
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